Railway-tie.



N. H. GONGER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.2a. 1907.

921.5%. Patented May 11, 1969.

' illustrate the invention,

taken through To all whom it may concern:

State of Minnesota,

' an improved railway tie,

lvals', arel tied and bound together nnirnn NOBLE H. CONGER, OF MNNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA.

RAILWAY -T IE Specification of Letters Patent.

No. 921.510. r

i Appiieauon'aiea october- 28, i907.

Patented May 11, 1909. i seriai No. 399,510.

t the arched passage 2.

Be it known that l, NOBLE H. Continu, a of course, very greatly reduces the weight oi citizen 7of the United States, residing at ldini the tie body and inininiizes the ainout of neapolis,I in the county of Hennepin and 'concrete necessary in its construction. 'l`he have invented Improvements in Railwayl greatly increase the tensile strength of the lfi'es; 'and I do hereby declare the following tie body and enable the same to withstand to be a full, clear, and exact description ofl the vertical strainsput upon the saine by the the invention, such as 4will enable others l load of trains passing over the rails that are skilled in the art to which it appertains to l secured to the tie. make and use the sarne. rods 7 are also extended from end to end of My inventionhas for its the tie body i and. these are preferably passed through formed by the transverse truss rods o r wires 6. '.llieend's of near the base of the tie body l, terniediate portions ward toward the top new and useful object to provide and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described Vand defined in the claims.

ln the accoinp anyin while the ing drawings which i like charactei'f. indiof the tie body and are cate like parts throughout the several views. l preferably loopedY at 7%, (see Figs. l and 3).

Referring to the'drawings, Figure lis a lThese loops 7a very greatly increase view chiefly in side elevation, but with soine strength of the intermediate portion of the )arts broken away and some parts in vertical l tie body. sectiornf showing iny improved Also embedded in the concrete tie railway tie, body l above the arched passage 24 r1s"a seine parts being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan flanged and vchannel-shaped anchor plate 8 view of the parts shown in Fig. l, .some parts that is perforated to pcrniit the` concrete being rernoved and sonie parts bein brolrcn l, join` vfrein the'opposite sides thereof. This l l away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertica section anchor plate 8 is surrounded by the upper the reinforced concrete body portion of the transverse of the tie, on the line r3 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a detail of a nut locking plate used on the interior of the tie body.

The body l of the tie is of metal reinforced concrete and'itis arched, that is, is formed with a longitudinal passage or channel 2 that extends from end to end thereof. Said liollow tie will serve as a culvert or water conduit. The preferred arrangement of the metal reinforcements of the tie body is' as shown in the drawings and is as follows: l Upper rods 3, lower, rods 4 and intermediate rods 5 are extended from end to end of the tie/'body and these rods, at suitable interby transversely extended heavy wires '6. Each wire 6 isWrapp-rzd around the said several rods and the outer portion thereof forros approximately a rectangle, while the-inner portion thereof forros triangles with theupright side portions and' connects theinterincdiate rods .5 just above the arched passage 2. 'lhese truss'wires or rods 6 very greatly strengthen act as a cushion between' the rail and the the concrete body 1 against crushing strains tie body. Nuts 'lil are applied to the thread and against spreading at`tl'ie base-and, as is i ed lower ends of the bolts l2' and these are evident by inspection pa ilarly of Fig. 3, locked4 against rotation by channel-shaped'l they produce areinforceinent entirely around lock plates 15 (see particularly Figs.

tie body l withtheiry ing into the passageZ thereof. The eads at the upper ends ofthe bolts l2 are preferably inad e flaring and are counter-sunk into slightly raisedportions of the bearing plates l1., between \upper surface of the tie body cushioning strips or plates 'i3 are interposed. These cushioning strips or vplates 13 may be of leather, wood, paper composition 'orl an rll'ie arched passage,-

certain y longitudinally extended rods 3, l and 5 very to Later-ally spaced truss the triangular side spacesv';

the truss rods 7 terminate 7.o

thereof extend well upthe to S0,

and Z the numeral 9 indicates 85 l1. that are pivotally con* l through the Aupper portieri ofthe concrete threaded ends de end 95 which raised portions and the lO'o other slightlyv resilient material whiehwi-l 3 and 110r lock plates 15 can not rotate withthe arched y'ends of the said bearing plates 11 to above noted ma Inner portiono 4) thatare provided with open slots 16, ada ting th with ,y As shown at the left in Fig. 2, the lower fold of the thrust plate?! is providedatjits ends with under-turned lockllip's 21"? 'that aginst rotation. The b to be drawn ti ht, vb sho'uld, n everthe ess, be

against accidisplacement. 'As

the

is evident,

said thrust `p ate ment.

What I claim is:

. l. ioll passage 2.

site sides of the tie, substantially as de-A scribed.

2. A concrete railway tie havin embedded therein lon itudinally extended're inforcing perforated anchoring plate, and amultiplicreinforcing rods embedded in said tie bod a perforated longitudinally extended anclioringplate embedded in said tie bod a multiplicity ol' forcing ivires or rods constitutinfbr transverse their threaded ends Work in slots' 18 of said the upper ends ol' serve to rigidly clamp the inner the tie slight adiust- The d against outward metal thrust inner h engage under the outer Han e ofthe tread of the rail. These thrust plates 2' are clamped and held in working body, ol" )caring plates havin foot anges of the rails, y conbearing plates to said tie bod nuts applied to the ower ends of said bolts within the channel ory body,

means for securing said bearing` plates in operative posif Vtion against rotation, substantially as de scribed.

5. The

d anchor plate S through ts are passed and with which t` e headsof said bolts are engaged. combination with y spaded lock lugs orlips the opposite edges ef .pivotally connected` oppositely eX- t eysare better able t 6. `pounding shocks imparted'to the rails by the lateral thrust of a car'or en` gine. s

Where itis desirable, theguar'd rail 10 `t ,be directly secured either one of the bearin plates ,11. o accomplish this, short nutte p ates, substantially as describe y 'f r- 1 e coiifibination Withia tie body, of

bearing plates pivotally lforming triangular portions at opp i ongitudinally extended with a u@ body, of

oot anges of the main rails, means for embrace the ends and underlie the outer end Vof the bearin plate 11-an'd thus lock the lof transversely entended reinfprcing Wires or reinforcin and provided with oppositely disposed and l end of said bearing plate and engaging the 15 laterally spaoed lock lugs or lips for engageouter side of the rail, said thrust plate having' ment with the upposrte edges of the Vfoot under-turned vlips that engage the edges ol' vlangesof the rails, foldedmetal thrust plates the outer end of said bearing plate to lis-*ld applied to the outer sides'of the mils, and said'thrust plate aga-inst en dwiseldispla clamping; hlurk bolted to said tie bodv and t ment, and a device clamping said thrust 20 tion, suhstaritial` holding said thrust plates in Working poslplate to 'said hearing platt), substantially as a, .seribcd. described. f 7. The combiim n 'with a tis body, roi a In testimony whereof I affix my signature hearing plate pix/fatally conhettedv thereto in presence of two witnesses. and provided with oppositely disposed and K NOBLE H. CONGER. laterally spaced look ylugs for engage-ment Witnesses: A with the opposite edges of the foot Harige of il. D. KLooRE, the rail,-a thrust plato resting' ou the outer F. l). MERCHANT. 

